500 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Mollisia melaleuca. Sacc, Syll., n. 1394. 



Gregarious, sessile, at first closed then becoming plane, 

 often irregular, rather firm, contracted when dry, disc 

 whitish, pallid when dry, externally blackish-brown, 

 minutely rugulose or granular ; cortex parenchymatous, 

 cells 7-8 fx diameter, brown, running out into parallel 

 septate hairs at the entire margin, 1-2 mm. across; asci 

 narrowly clavate, slightly narrowed at the apex, spores 8, 

 2-seriate, hyaline, continuous, often 2-guttulate, straight or 

 slightly bent, 9-14 x 2-2" 5 ; paraphyses hyaline, slender. 



Peziza melaleuca, Fr., S. M., ii. p. 150. 



Exsicc— Cke., Fung. Brit., n. 390; Phil., Elv. Brit., 

 n. 125 ; in both instances called Peziza cinerea, Batsch, with 

 which it has been confounded, but is quite distinct in the 

 dryer texture, white disc, and blackish-brown exterior. 



On hard, decorticated wood, chips, &c 



Mollisia cinerea. Karst., Myc. Fenn., i. p. 189; 

 Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 1393; Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 173 (in part). 



Gregarious, at first closed then plane, rather fleshy and 

 watery, disc greyish ; margin whitish and often irregular, 

 dingy yellow or often blackish when dry and remaining 

 flat ; externally smooth, brownish, especially near the base, 

 where it is furnished with brown hyphae; 1-2 mm. dia- 

 meter; cortex parenchymatous, cells olive-brown, 8-12 /x 

 diameter, passing into parallel, slightly clavate, septate 

 hairs at the margin ; asci narrowly clavate, tip very slightly 

 narrowed ; spores 8, 2-seriate, narrowly elliptic-oblong, 

 ends obtuse, hyaline, straight or very slightly curved, 

 7-10 x 2-3 fx ; paraphyses slender, slightly thickened 

 u p wards. 



Peziza cinerea, Batsch, Elench. Fung., p. 198, fig. 137. 



Exsicc — Cke., Fung. Brit., ed. ii. n. 383. 



On dead wood and branches. 



Distinguished by the watery, semipellucid substance and 

 clear grey colour when fresh. 



